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Please excuse this vanity but I have the need to shout from the rooftops in frustration, Dell Computer Company has gone to Hell. Oh my gawd. I have had the worst time with these people. I have owned Dell computers for over 20 years but never again. I have some Alienware on order from them and have since October. OCTOBER people. It has been delayed yet again. This is the fourth delay with no notice and no explaination. The only reason we know it is delayed is by checking the status which always changes right before the ship date. You...

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Dell Inc. is being sued for allegedly pushing consumers into high-interest financing schemes, as well as other aggressive sales practices, the plaintiff's law firm said Tuesday. The suit accuses the world's largest personal computer maker of false advertising and bait-and-switch practices, fraud and deceit in its sales and advertising representations, and breach of contract by unilaterally modifying terms and conditions of sales and financing. [snip] First is the bait-and-switch accusation. A statement from the law firm given to Reuters said the suit was filed on behalf of a San Francisco nurse who claims that in...

Dell promised publicly that, in exchange for $242.5 million in incentives, it will invest at least $100 million to relocate in the Triad and create 1,200 jobs in five years. Nothing, however, will require Dell to show the public that it kept its promises -- not the way state law is written now. Not the press, not the public at large, not even the legislature -- which voted last week to give Dell the huge incentives package of tax breaks and direct grants -- can require Dell to provide production, employment and tax information to prove the computer company is...

After 20 years, Dell will be only chairman AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Thursday, March 4, 2004 Kevin Rollins, Michael Dell's longtime partner in running Dell Inc., will take over as chief executive officer of the computer company in July while Dell will remain chairman. Dell's board of directors approved the move this morning during a regularly scheduled board meeting in New York, the company said. In some ways, the move comes as a surprise because Dell, at age 39, has long dismissed the idea of succession at the company he founded. And Rollins has said he didn't expect to become CEO. But...

Late afternoon on a Friday, Dell announced they are buying Plural. Plural, a New York-based consultant and services reseller will be the first company Dell has purchased since it bought ConvergeNet in 1999. I’ve worked for Dell during the late 90s (everyone that lives in Austin has worked for Dell at sometime during their careers) and want to give the 7,000 employees at Plural a little bit of advice: “Start sending out your résumés now so you can get a better job when the economy is booming sometime next year.”

Corporation Reaches Goal, Shuts Down AUSTIN, TX—After 18 years of striving, Dell Computer finally reached its long-stated goal to be the worldwide leader in computing systems Monday and promptly ceased operations. "We did it," founder and CEO Michael Dell said. "Back when I started this company, I vowed that I would not rest until we revolutionized the way computers are sold. Well, at long last, that day is here. Bye." When he launched the company in 1984, Dell drew up a lengthy list of longterm corporate goals. These included making Dell Computer the world's most trusted name in computer systems,...